I guess the question is why would people die for a lie?
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Right. And how would the account of Jesus’ life spread throughout the world like it did in a time when the world was not nearly as interconnected as it is today?
People die all the time for lies.
Yes, but generally for lies that they believe are true. Quite another thing to be willing to die for a lie if you are in a position to know that it is false, such as the Apostles were.
Yes, they give a strong witness. I just meant, it's proof that they genuinely thought it to be true, but not absolute proof that it is true.
They claimed to be eye-witnesses of Christ's resurrection. That is the truth they were willing to die for. So yes, a very strong witness indeed. Could only really be explained away by a collective hallucination of some kind.
There is no absolute proof about many if not most historical accounts. Much of history is rough consensus
